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MVP

Feb 27, 2020

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google is incompetent

so I only went to chrome extension store to find an extension for Edge and I keep getting fake message clicking on the X mark on the banner just temporarily remove it, when I go to the next p...

HotCakeX
Mar 10, 2020
Update 2:

by Eric_Lawrence

"The stated explanation behind the original warning was that Chrome didn't realize that MSEdge maintained the ability to revoke extensions later discovered to be malicious. They didn't realize this because MSEdge does not hit Google's SafeBrowsing service for revocation information, but instead queries Microsoft's servers, which cache revocation information retrieved directly from SafeBrowsing."

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/chrome-extensions-warning/m-p/1220945/highlight/true#M26100

Icybubba

Copper Contributor

Feb 27, 2020

HotCakeX And the thing is if you try to complain about it Google fans or whoever start complaining about Microsoft doing the same for Edge.

A. Start menu suggestions can be permanently turned off

B. The recommended for Windows 10 is just blue text when you change your default browser and isn't lying.

C. The Bing one is the closest to being invasive but again it's still not actually lying.

HotCakeX
MVP
Feb 27, 2020
Yeah, but let them complain and talk, it will reveal their argument and in the end how they are wrong.

google with this banner about extensions is doing it on international scale, misleading users, and without providing any reason and proof, without saying WHY Edge is not safe to use extensions in. people who are not tech savvy believe that and get fooled by google.